AOP FREE Portfolio Reviews

Showing and talking about your work is a critical part of your career as a photographer. It can be daunting but the more practice you get the better. We have assembled a group of professionals eager to share their expertise and talk photography with you.

Book a portfolio review session to discuss your work and practice with a range of professional photographers - including AOP Award winners, plus commissioners and Photo agents.

These sessions are hugely popular - and booking is essential - so book your slot now!

Sessions last approximately 15 minutes and you will be able to meet with more than one reviewer. 

Bring folios and ideally prints if you can. If digital please ensure it is on something bigger than a mobile to allow for proper viewing.

Today’s session includes:

Liam Arthur, AOP Accredited Photographer

I am a London based Advertising and Editorial photographer, my work focuses on moments, lifestyle and portraiture.

I grew up near Lands End in Cornwall and found a love of photography taking pictures of my friends skateboarding on a Canon A1 film camera bought with my entire 6th form grant. After travelling around the world surfing for a number of years, and a period spent working in a circus troupe, I studied photography at Falmouth College of Art before going on to assist advertising and fashion photographers in London. I started to shoot for myself in 2014.

My work pulls inspiration from documentary imagery which I shoot for both personal projects and also for various NGOs and charities around the world.

My work is about people first and foremost, I am driven by the desire to tell a story - this is the essence of my images. It is about capturing something that is both descriptive and beautiful. The majority of my commissioned work could be considered lifestyle, although I prefer the term ‘life’, as I try to keep it strongly rooted in real life and real stories, reflecting the documentary work that I do, and bringing this approach to lifestyle briefs.

I also work for a number of editorial commissioners, shooting both fashion and portrait editorials. For me it is important to lean on the elements of editorial aesthetic, to help create an engaging commercial image.

It is a combination of the above elements and approaches which I believe give my work an authentic yet aesthetically considered style.

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Soulla Petrou, AOP Accredited Photographer

Soulla Petrou is an award-winning photographer based in London working professionally for over 30 years. Her early work includes photographing some of the most ground-breaking musicians and Dj's of the 90s & 00s.

Her work has been published extensively in magazines and newspapers. Soulla was a regular contributor to magazines such as The Face, Mixmag and DJ as well as shooting for dance label Defected and other record companies. Her work includes images of Geri Halliwell back in 1994, pre-Spice Girls showing early signs of an emerging Ginger Spice; Britpop heroes Blur shot for the cover of the Saturday Times and Frankie Knuckles "The Godfather of House. The list includes, Underworld, Orbital, Supergrass, Goldie, Kula Shaker, The Chemical Brothers and many more.

Alongside her music portraiture Soulla has worked in the fashion and beauty industry in both editorial and advertising with clients such as Ted Baker, Monsoon, Puma, Ernest Jones, L’Oreal, Clinique, Max Factor and Olay.

Soulla's music portraits won her 3rd place at The International Photography Awards in 2008. She is also featured in "The World's Top Photographer's- Celebrity & Performance" a book published in 2009. Soulla continues to work as a photographer mostly in the advertising industry. www.soullapetrou.com

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Nick David, AOP Accredited Photographer

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Jillian Edelstein, AOP Accredited Photographer

Jillian Edelstein’s work has been published and exhibited internationally.

Publications include The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The FT Weekend Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue, The Sunday Times Magazine, Time etc

She has exhibited internationally including the NPG, The Photographers' Gallery, Royal Academy, Imperial War Museum, Royal Photographic Society, Sothebys, Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie Arles, Bensusan & Robben Island Museums in South Africa and Dali International Photography Festival, Yunnan Province, China, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Rasselmania, Heidelsheim, Germany.

Awarded an Honorary Fellowship RPS, John Kobal Book Award for her book Truth and Lies 2003, other awards include Kodak UK Young Photographer of the Year, Photographers' Gallery Portrait Photographer of the Year, Visa d’Or/International Festival of Photojournalism, Perpignan 1997, European Final Art Polaroid Award, selected AI-AP, Latin American Fotografia 4, World Press Awards, LensCulture Portrait Awards, Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Portrait of Humanity, Portrait of Britain.

As well as her continuous personal work including two feature documentaries The Water Rats and the Double Life of Norman Wexler (in Post production), she has worked with organisations including Oxfam, FXB International, Unicef, Save the Children Fund, Tesco, Nespresso, Sony, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aviva, BBC, Comic Relief and Fish Love

Voted one of the ‘Hundred Heroines’ list of international women transforming photography today.

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Michael Leckie, AOP Accredited Photographer

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Jason Baron, Photography Consultant formerly BBC and Comic Relief

Jason was formely Photography and Visuals Lead at Comic Relief and was Creative Director of Photography at the BBC for many years, responsible for promotional photography across all BBC content. His judging credentials include the Sony World Photography Awards, Promax, Feature Shoot, Communication Arts in the US and most recently the 2024 AOP Emerging Talent Award.
He also runs his own creative consultancy based in London, working with commercial clients, broadcasters, agencies, and photographers to maximise the impact of their imagery and creative processes. He’s across shoot production, mentoring, creative direction, curation, portfolio reviews, and business development.

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